Merging Excel Files with Different Columns
Key points
- Match the columns first
- Merge
- Check the result
Merge Several Excel Files stacks by column position, not by column name.
Steps
- Match the column order in each Excel file
- Merge and save
- Check the columns in the saved CSV
Different layouts put data in the wrong columns.
Use "Merge Several Excel Files into One CSV" (free)
Tools that go well with this
- Convert Excel to CSV or JSON: Convert an Excel sheet to CSV, TSV or JSON.
- Split an Excel File by Sheet: Split each Excel sheet into its own CSV or TSV.
- Merge, Split and Pick Columns from CSV: Merge CSV files, split by rows, or keep only chosen columns.